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Parental Notification Policy
Marquette University has long recognized its special
relationship with the parents and families of its students.
During the process of selecting a college or university,
parents and students have many choices: public, private,
religiously affiliated, independent and so on. In selecting
Marquette University, parents and students are also opting
for the institution’s values and expectations, as manifested
in academic and behavioral standards.
Marquette understands that parents often play a central
role in the continued moral education and development
of college students and hopes to work in partnership
with parents in this essential enterprise. We also recognize
that students have specific rights and expectations
in terms of their privacy. In accordance with the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act Policy (see full policy in
this handbook), the university has established the following
guidelines for notifying parents when there is concern
for the welfare of a student, including serious or repeated
violations of the alcohol and/or drug policies. Additionally,
parents may be notified when there is a serious concern
for a student’s mental or physical well-being, regardless of
the involvement of alcohol and/or drugs.
Specifically, the university grants to the vice president for
student affairs or a designee the authority to determine
when and by what means to notify parents or guardians
when students under the age of 21 are found to have
committed serious or repeated violations of university
policies related to the possession, use or distribution of
alcohol or drugs. Consideration in these situations will be
given to the following conditions: the violation involved
harm or threat of harm to self, others or property; the
violation involved an arrest in which the student was
taken into custody; the violation resulted in or could result
in the student being suspended from the university and/
or removed from the residence halls; the student has
shown a pattern of violations; the student who committed
the violation became physically ill and/or required medical
intervention as a result of consumption of alcohol and/or drugs.
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